Halmom, The Seaman's Chant, The Clear Water Pavilion, My Idiot Uncle, A Ceremony of Apostasy, The Underground Village, Pierrot, Eroica Symphony, My Idol's Abode, The Rainy Spell, A Pasque-Flower on That Bleak Day, That Winter of My Youth, His Father's Keeper, The Image of Mija

This anthology of short stories reflects the writers' shared core experience of Korea's trajectory from an inward-looking feudal state, through Japanese colony and battle-ground for the Korean War, to a modernizing society. Three stories have been added to the original edition.